Volkswagen plans to freeze the salaries of its more than 660,000 employees until 2030 and cut 100,000 jobs, which has generated strong opposition from unions warning about the loss of purchasing power and labor tensions in collective bargaining negotiations in Spain. #Volkswagen #congelaciónsalarial #sindicatos (translated)
Juanjo Artero, general secretary of the Actors and Actresses Union, has called on the country's actors and actresses to support the strike alongside other workers, with whom he stated they share frustration over "stagnant salaries," along with their specific issues, such as the intermittent nature of their work and the impossibility of accessing permanent contracts that would help them secure home ownership or even rental housing. #HuelgaGeneral #ViviendaDigna #DerechosLaborales (translated)
The majority and minority unions have joined the tenants' movement in calling for a general strike on November 11, with the aim of demanding decent housing and fair wages amid the housing crisis in Spain. #HuelgaGeneral #ViviendaDigna #DerechosLaborales (translated)
Volkswagen Group has proposed to freeze the salaries of a large part of its 600,000 workers worldwide, including the Seat brand, until 2030, as part of a severe cost-cutting program that includes the possible departure of 100,000 employees. #Volkswagen #Seat #CongelaciónSalarios (translated)
The author of the message stated that housing should not be treated as a business and that prices had to come down. He also pointed out objectives such as preventing his children from going to war, achieving decent wages, and protecting a livable planet. Additionally, he called for mobilization on November 29 alongside Irene Montero, around the demands for peace, housing, and work. (translated)
The Spanish Revolution criticized those who, as it wrote, were upset by protests, roadblocks, strikes, and sit-ins. It argued that those same people had tolerated for years the rise in rents, the deterioration of public services, and the stagnation of wages, and pointed out that they showed less tolerance towards those who complained. It described that attitude as a curious way of understanding coexistence. #Protesta #JusticiaSocial #DerechosHumanos (translated)
Monday is marked by changes in public sector salaries and the impact on the hospitality sector. #JavaScript #AdBlocker #WebAccessibility (translated)
The Portuguese government is in negotiations with public sector unions to update the salaries of employees in 2027, proposing a salary increase of 2.30% and a minimum of 60.52 euros, while the unions are demanding higher increases, citing the acceleration of inflation. #FunçãoPública #Salários #Negociação (translated)
Milan faces a second day of violent clashes and looting, with young people attacking stores and the police responding with tear gas and water cannons, amidst protests against the cost of living and low wages. #Milão #Protestos #Violência (translated)
Milei's remorseful critics condemned the argument that increasing teachers' salaries would also require raising those of doctors and other sectors, which they described as a chain reaction. They added that, after three years of government, the solution was for everyone, except the ministers, to go hungry. https://t.co/fgoybuJWvi #Educación #Salarios #JusticiaSocial (translated)
This week: ➡️ 40 days to victory ➡️ Wages need to be increased ➡️ There is no democracy if economic relations are unequal ➡️ Sanction file against a telecommunications company ➡️ The prefix 400 is already mandatory for commercial calls (translated)
Félix Bolaños wrote that it would be an honor to be part of the PSOE lists. He stated that the party had achieved better salaries, less precariousness, record growth, and new rights, and he argued that it should go further. He also called for seeking four years of progress on November 29 and for stopping the massive cuts that he attributed to the PP and Vox. #PSOE #LaFuerzaDeLaGente #Política (translated)
Isabel Díaz Ayuso announced on September 11 that the horizontal teacher professional career that the regional government will implement to recognize the dedication and commitment of teachers would mean an increase of up to 350 euros per month for these professionals. #HuelgaEducativa #SalariosDocentes #ComunidadDeMadrid (translated)
Comisiones Obreras was absent from the third meeting of the Sectoral Table to negotiate the teaching professional career in Madrid, during an educational strike demanding a monthly salary increase of 600 euros for teachers. #HuelgaEducativa #SalariosDocentes #ComunidadDeMadrid (translated)
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in several cities in Portugal, such as Lisbon, Porto, and Coimbra, against the rising cost of living and in defense of better salaries and pensions, under the coordination of the CGTP. #CustoDeVida #Protestos #DireitosTrabalhadores (translated)
Antonio Maestre wrote that the Frente Amplio had sent Podemos a proposal that included a priority position on the list in the Community of Madrid and Catalonia, as well as its incorporation with full rights in all the constituencies where the Frente Amplio was presented. In territories such as the Valencian Community, Aragón, the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands, it proposed joint candidacies with Compromís, the Chunta Aragonesista, ARA Mes, or Nueva Canarias, among other parties. According to Maestre, the proposal also envisaged that Podemos would appoint one of the spokespersons of the parliamentary group, a program focused, among other issues, on the right to housing, public services, salaries, equality, LGTBI+ rights, and energy transition, and an equitable distribution of resources among the organizations of the Frente Amplio. #FrenteAmplio #Podemos #Política (translated)
Raiam Santos McArn wrote that he did not understand the surprise at Vorcaro buying journalists. He also questioned how news portals paid the salaries of their teams while selling ads "in the dark" and competing with Meta, Google, and TikTok. #jornalismo #notícias #mídia (translated)
The author wrote that people around the world would welcome smaller income disparities, and believed CEOs earned too much, unskilled workers too little and doctors about the right amount. The author also began asking what people in different countries thought skilled and unskilled workers earned.
The author questioned the purpose of negotiations without an advance commitment to an inflation-busting pay rise for workers, saying their real incomes had been eroded by 5% over the past few years.
Carlos Cuerpo noted that, since 2022, the real disposable income per capita of households in Spain had increased by 8.1%, higher than that of the United States and the G7 and several times more than in France, Germany, and Italy. He attributed this progress to the growth of employment and wages, as well as the protection provided to households in the face of shock situations. https://t.co/BfBCuFOUb2 #Economía #Empleo #Renta (translated)
